"The PFA does not represent players when they have broken the law and been convicted on non-football matters."- Gordon Taylor in 2009 following Marlon King's release after a prison sentence for sexual assault & ABH

Conflicted here, love Joey Cole, hate Allardyce, but on adding it all up, I'm pretty happy about this, mainly because of the stick the Twatteratti and Liverpool fans have given Joe. He's been mentioned along with Bogarde as terrible free transfers. Yet he was injured most of the time, and recently he did okay, but Rodgers wanted rid. Fair Enough, not his signing, but not really anywhere close in the recent Liverpool transfer disasters.

He'll still end up with League winners medals, whilst Stevie G will end up with none, suck it deluded 'pool fans.

Hammers can count themselves unlucky there. I thought they did enough to win it - I was particularly impressed by their ability to score the exact same goal twice - though I won't deny that I do love United being able to bring the best player in the country off the bench to do something like that. Wonderful ball from Giggsy too.

Hammers can count themselves unlucky there. I thought they did enough to win it - I was particularly impressed by their ability to score the exact same goal twice - though I won't deny that I do love United being able to bring the best player in the country off the bench to do something like that. Wonderful ball from Giggsy too.

Hammers can count themselves unlucky there. I thought they did enough to win it - I was particularly impressed by their ability to score the exact same goal twice - though I won't deny that I do love United being able to bring the best player in the country off the bench to do something like that. Wonderful ball from Giggsy too.

Conflicted here, love Joey Cole, hate Allardyce, but on adding it all up, I'm pretty happy about this, mainly because of the stick the Twatteratti and Liverpool fans have given Joe. He's been mentioned along with Bogarde as terrible free transfers. Yet he was injured most of the time, and recently he did okay, but Rodgers wanted rid. Fair Enough, not his signing, but not really anywhere close in the recent Liverpool transfer disasters.

He'll still end up with League winners medals, whilst Stevie G will end up with none, suck it deluded 'pool fans.

At one point, my 10 year old asked me about Trevor Brooking, who was shown watching the game. After being told that he was a very fine midfielder, he asked if I meant like Gerrard, or Lampard. To which the answer was in the negative. At which point I was struggling, as English football stopped producing midfielders like Brooking a couple of decades ago. Then Cole sent in those lovely crosses for the West Ham goals, and I had some sort of basis for comparison, remembering how often Brooking did that for Keegan in their England days and any number of Hammers forwards. Much more of this quality of supply, and maybe Andy Carroll will break his duck this season.